Mozambique: IDP resettlement in Nampula province- after careful screening only

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Mozambique: IDP resettlement in Nampula province- after careful screening only

1:54 CAT | 25 Nov 2020

Photo: O País

The Secretary of State in Nampula says that the deployment of internally displaced people (IDPs) to the Corrane centre takes place only after careful screening to find out the real situation of each beneficiary, so as not to create another focus of terrorism, “O País” reports.

The issue of IDPs from the conflict zones in Cabo Delgado is seeing another type of treatment in the province of Nampula. If, for those fleeing armed violence, the most important thing is a safe place to restart their lives, the authorities of Nampula have come up with another position.

“Up until now, we are not doing the direct transport of communities here, otherwise we would be exposing the whole of the [Corrane] centre to danger. What we are doing is protecting people who are leaving danger zones. Therefore, we cannot accept that the places where we are resettling them are also exposed to danger. It is necessary to ensure that all the people who come here do not experience [again] what they have already experienced [once],” Secretary of State in Nampula province Mety Gondola said on Tuesday afternoon after a visit to the final resettlement centre in Corrane.

At the moment, the province of Nampula is host to about 37,000 people fleeing Cabo Delgado, of whom nearly 2,000 have already been resettled.

The Nampula government was the first to find a place for the permanent resettlement of the displaced, where, in addition to a 20 by 30 metre housing plot, they are allocated an area of one-and-a-half hectares for agricultural production.

But land conflicts are already starting to emerge, with resident s not letting newcomers occupy these plots. Lúcia Pedro, one of those resettled, tells ‘O País’ what she experienced.

“Here in the ‘machamba’, there are problems because many of them already have owners – the natives. When they show us the land, the owners come and say that it is already theirs.”

Mety Gondola knows about the issue and says that the land allocation process follows the principle of cohabitation between natives and newcomers, adding: “The important thing is that we can say that no-one will be left out”.

Meanwhile, regarding the circa 70 IDPs who spent days in the open in Nampula awaiting transportation to the Corrane centre, the INGC provincial delegate has assured STV that the transportation has started.

Source: O País